Tour Itinerary

Day 1Arrival at Guilin (L) Cycling distance - less than 15KM

Take a flight from Beijing to Guilin. Meet your guide at Guilin Airport and transfer to your hotel. After check in and fresh up, ride bikes with your guide to visit the highlights in Guilin – Reed Flute Cave, West Hill and Elephant Trunk Hill. Reed Flute Cave is a brilliant cave marked on almost all travel itineraries. Elephant Trunk Hill is the symbol of Guilin and West Hill is one of the most famous hills in Guilin, but it is always non-touristy and not like the other crowded scenic spots in the town. Lunch is in a good local restaurant where you will have a good chance to try Guilin cuisine. Return to your hotel in late afternoon.

Stalactites inside Reed Flute Cave illuminated by colored lighting

Elephant Trunk Hill - highlight of Guilin City

Day 2 Li River cruise down to Yangshuo (B, L) Cycling distance - less than 35KM

Check out your hotel and meet your guide in the hotel lobby in the morning. Then drive to Zhujiang Pier for a 4-hour' cruise on Li River - the highlight of your Guilin tour with lunch aboard. You will enjoy the beautiful mountains, verdant fields, farms and villages with water buffalos, cows wondering around on both sides of the river bank. Get off at Yangshuo - famous for its spectacular and picturesque countryside. After check in your Yangshuo hotel, cycle to Yulong River with your guide for its breathtaking scenery. Then back to your hotel in Yangshuo.

Li River Cruise - highlight of any Guilin tour

Have a cycling tour along Yulong River Yangshuo

Day 3 Yangshuo Biking (B, L) Cycling distance - less than 35KM

After breakfast, cycle to the countryside for its breathtaking scenery and Chinese agriculture with your guide. This is also a very good chance for you to go close to Chinese farmers' daily life. Along the whole biking path in the countryside, you’ll see different crops, some villages and water buffaloes with amazing scenery surround. Then to the Moon Hill which has about 890 steps from the foot to the top. Have your lunch on the riverside.

Back to your hotel in the afternoon and relax. In the evening, enjoy the fantastic light show of Impression Sanjie Liu – directed by the famous movie director Zhang Yimo who is the same director for the Opening Ceremony of 2008 Olympics. Stay overnight in Yangshuo.

Yangshuo Moon Hill with a natural arch

Enjoying the famed Impression Sanjie Liu nigth show

Day 4 Guilin Departure (B)

After breakfast, transfer to Guilin Airport for departure.

Service ends.

Tips:B-Breakfast, L-Lunch, D-Dinner

1. For this tour, comfortable walking shoes are recommended. And the sightseeing time arrangement on the 1st and 4th day would be adjusted according to your flight arrival and departure time.

2. The two biking routes in Yangshuo are different. But these two routes are easy to bike. It is always flat. You need to ride the bike on the main road for a while, and then ride the bike on the path in the countryside.

Price Guide

Inclusions1. All transfers and city transportation 2. Entrance fees and meals as mentioned above 3. Private car or van with English speaking guide 4. Accommodations with daily breakfast 5. The above private escorted tour is customized for you, your family or your friends exclusively. No other travelers will join in your group.

ExclusionsTips to your tour guide and driverOther personal expenses

Note: This tour is an easy level bike and attraction visit tour, if you are more skilled in cycling, you can also think about one of our best bike tours in 2015. (supported by the supporting van, cycling abour 40-50KM per day on average, cycling mainly on paved and unpaved trails to see hidden villages and scenery and leaving enough time for highlight attraction visits, this tour is an exclusive bike tour and it's the best route to avoid traffic and enjoy the nature in Guilin and Yangshuo, the Li River crusie part can be arranged into this itineray)